Monthly Archives: May 2007
2 New Making Money Blogging E Books Released
Making Money In the last week i have seen e-books released from two blogs i subscribe to. Namely, John Chow and Yaro Starak. Both of these e-books are free to download and both of them talk about making money through blogs. John Chow E-Book John’s e-book contains affiliate links to the ad networks he recommends and a lot of references to his blog however this doesn’t personally bother me as the download is free and contains a lot of great tips. ...
Continue readingAllow your blog to evolve
Blogging One of the most common things i see in blogs is a change of direction of the content in the blog. This is especially true in personal blogs but it also happens in mainstream blogs as well. Clearly a blog about basketball which has the word basketball in the domain name will struggle to find a presence if it all of a sudden turns into a blog about football. However, other non specific blogs might find themselves drifting towards a different ...
Continue readingHow to backup your files and automate them on your PC
Software & Programs It is already blogged many times that blogger must backup his blog files and databases. So I’m not going to go in there, instead I’m going to blog about how to backup your files and documents on your PC. I’m sure it is as critical to you as backing up your blog files. For this purpose I’m introducing you to Mozy for those who haven’t heard about it – they are offering online storage as backup media. Mozy gives ...
Continue readingHow to display information on selected areas of WordPress
WordPress Coding & Design Not all themes are the same though its fair to say that the majority of wordpress blogs can be divided into 4 main areas. The header, the sidebar, the footer and the main content area (eg the post, index or page areas). The main content area is the part which is different on every page of the blog. The information in the header, sidebar(s) and footer remains the same on every page of the blog. This is true for the majority of wordpress blogs. It ...
Continue readingSome ways to encourage visitors to comment
Blogging Comments are a very important aspect of blogging. The ability to contribute to articles allows readers to participate in the topic in question. The number of comments in blog posts is usually a pretty good indication of how popular the blog is. How to encourage readers to comment? When your blog is still new you may struggle to get some or even any comments to your posts. If you continue to update your blog with good posts though the comments ...
Continue readingLinks Roundup – May 29th 2007
Links Another week of links for you to catch up on Blogging Overheads – How Much Does it Cost? – Posted today, Darren Rowse lets you know the overheads for being a blogger. When is it time to switch to better hosting? – I’m posting a few hosing related articles this week so i thought it would be good to highlight a post Chris Stark wrote yesterday about when you upgrade your hosting. Is your blog ready for monetization – ...
Continue readingPingbacks can be a fantastic source of traffic
Blogging I always try my best to link to articles i am referring to. It makes sense to show the reader the article you are talking about. Linking to another blog is great because : You give credit where credit is due You show your reader a good post that they would like to read (unless you like linking to bad posts – unlikely!) You generate a link back from the post in the form of a pingback (assuming they haven’t switched it off) It’s ...
Continue readingWeb CEO – Free SEO Software to analyse your blog
Search Engine Optimisation The last few years i have been using the free version of Web CEO to monitor the websites i run. It’s a fantastic piece of software and one which i can personally recommend through experience. Web CEO can be quite slow loading sometimes (particularly on start up) and when you first start using it you will no find all the options you have to be daunting. If you perservere though you will soon realise how useful a tool it is in analysing your ...
Continue readingThe winners of the ‘Win a Mascot at BloggingTips’ Competition
Competitions I was pleased to see a lot of bloggers take part in the first major competition in this blog and i’m even more pleased to announce the winners of this competition (details of the comp can be found here). 1st Place Dan from Big Plans Big Crash had the highest blog page in the google results and will be getting a fantastic mascot from SOS Factory worth $300 and a domain name from 815Domains. If you check the competition page you will see ...
Continue readingWordPress Alternatives
Software & Programs WordPress is a fantastic piece of software and is hugely popular. However, its popularity sometimes makes bloggers forget that there are other great blogging scripts and services out there. Here is a quicklist of wordpress alternatives that you might be interested at looking into if you want something different : Blog Software b2evolution boastMachine Dotclear Eggblog LifeType Loudblog Nucleus CMS sBlog Serendipity SimplePHPBlog Simplog ...
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